At short notice, I visited St. Columba’s High School in Inverclyde. I addressed 1st-4th year pupils (around 400) and presented the first RSS award to a high school in Scotland. The pupils conducted a blether vote immediately afterwards. The vote was over in less than 15 minutes with all pupils taking part. I later joined some of the school council and pupils from neighbouring schools. This was a nice opportunity to meet up again with staff and pupils from Glenburn School which is part of the same campus.
I met with Mike Inglis, the new Governor of Polmont YOI. This was a really useful meeting as we shared views on 16/17 year olds in custody and how I might engage with Polmont and Cornton Vale in future on this issue.